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2019-09-26, 20:40:16

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2019-09-27, 10:10:45

Idiom #110 Check if string is blank

Set boolean blank to true if string s is empty, or null, or contains only whitespace ; false otherwise.

Idiom #110 Check if string is blank

Set boolean blank to true if string s is empty, or null, or contains only whitespace ; false otherwise.

Code 
Blank = string:is_empty(string:trim(S)).
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trimming the string to remove leading/trailing whitespaces and then checking if it's empty
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http://erlang.org/doc/man/string.html